✿Poaceae · Bambusa
Baans / Thorny Bamboo
Bambusa arundinacea
Also known as Bamboo, Spiny Bamboo
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- July-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bambusa arundinacea
- Genus
- Bambusa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baans itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- জাতি-বাঁহ jaati baansh, মোকাল-বাঁহ mokal baansh
- Bengali
- বাঁশ baansha
- Gujarati
- બામ્બુ baambu, વાંસ vaans
- Hindi
- बांस baans, बम्बू bambu, बंस buns
- Kannada
- ಬಿದಿರು bidiru, ವಂಶ vamsha
- Konkani
- वासो vaaso, वसो vaso, वेलु velu
- Malayalam
- മുള mula
- Manipuri
- সনৈবী Saneibi
- Marathi
- बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, माणगा maanga, वेळू velu
- Nepali
- काँस kauns
- Odia
- ਮਗਰ ਬਾਂਸ magar baans
- Sanskrit
- आमुपः amupah, आर्द्रपत्रकः ardrapatrakah, कण्टकः kantakah, कण्टकिलः kantakilah, वम्भः vambhah, वंशः vamsh
- Tamil
- குழாய்மூங்கில் kulay-munkil, பெருமூங்கில் peru-munkil
- Telugu
- బొంగువెదురు bongu-veduru, వంశము vamsamu, వెదురు veduru
- Urdu
- بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns
- Mizo
- Raw-hling
About Baans
Thorny Bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) is a shrub in the Poaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Maharashtra. It grows in deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads. Flowering and fruiting run from July to February.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Baans belongs to the Poaceae family.
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